26/09/2014 BBC Wales Today

evening. Now

A drugs haul with an estimated street value of ?100 million

may have been heading to Pwllheli, on the North Wales coast.

Earlier this week a yacht carrying an estimated tonne

of cocaine was intercepted by the Irish Navy in the Atlantic.

National Crime Agency officers have been searching a boat seized

from Pwllheli Marina which they believe was involved.

Under close forensic examination, a 25 foot motor cruiser, that officers

suspect of a transatlantic smuggling operation. It was a complex,

details, multinational intelligence operation which led the National

Crime Agency to this boat, and operations spanning half a globe

from Venezuela to Wales. 200 miles south-west of Cork, the yacht is

shadowed by an Irish Navy vessel. It was stormed by elite forces. On

board, around ?100 million worth of cocaine, destined, it is believed,

for the north-east of England. It is summer in the region of a tonne of

cocaine, that is about just short of 5% of the entire UK consumption in

any given year. The yacht was tracked by the British MCA and

French customs out of Venezuelan. She put briefly into Trinidad before

setting out on a transatlantic crossing. The intercept came 200

miles of Mizen head in Ireland. Had she been allowed to continue, it is

believed the vessel would have made a rendezvous with a smaller boat

some way -- near Pwllheli. The yacht is now being held in Cork where its

crew is being questioned by Irish police. The

crew is being questioned by Irish operation. We trained for this quite

rigorously and we evaluate ourselves to make sure we do it properly. The

results are evident in how successful the operation was. This

joint task force between ourselves, the customs and the police. This

operation was about unity of command, unity of purpose and unity

of effort, of all three agencies. This operation is far from over with

suspects still being questioned in Ireland and here in the UK. National

Crime Agency officers believe they are close to cracking a major

smuggling ring. Welsh MPs helped to vote in favour

of military action in Iraq earlier. Just five voted against as

Parliament was recalled for the day. Before that,

members debated the merits The Kurds we can to spend on

although there are disputes between the Kurds and the Iraqi central

doc-mac which will have to be resolved in some way. But I fully

support this resolution. It is a footstep on the right direction. We

are falling into a vortex in the middle east of hatred that is

ancient and deep, and once we start this process, it will be almost

impossible in the future to extricate ourselves from it.

Here, the prospect of air strikes against Islamic State targets has

been followed closely by the Iraqi and wider Muslim community.

Our reporter Nick Palit has been around Cardiff

City Road in Cardiff is probably the most cosmopolitan Street in Wales.

All shades of opinion from all parts of the world. Today the talk of the

bars and cafes is a situation in Iraq. This man runs the Baghdad

market on city Road and is in Iraqi Iraq. This man runs the Baghdad

mechanical engineer turned grocer. His customers come for stand --

taste of home. Do you think Britain should bomb Iraq ayes I think so. I

think we should try and get rid of them. A few doors up, this man is of

the same opinion. He is a Kurdish Iraqi, now a British citizen. He

volunteers here and is angry that IS have hijacked his religion. I think

Britain can stop them doing more of these things. Targeting people --

killing people for no reason. It is Friday prayers at this mosque, just

near city Road. Here, opinion is divided on whether air strike in

Iraq are the best way of tackling Islamic State. ISAs, I don't

Iraq are the best way of tackling with them but I do not take air

strikes will help. Civilians will be... How many casualties we will

have, civilian casualties. I think it will be a good thing, because the

Islamic countries will join. it will be a good thing, because the

been living in Cardiff more than anywhere else in my whole life. As a

family, most of my boys were schooled in Cardiff. But this doctor

still has relatives in his Kurdish homeland and has been following the

debate in Parliament. Although he is in favour of air strikes and he does

not wanted to go any further. We do not want any foreign foot in

Kurdistan. Kurds could deal with the problem. All they need is, don't let

us down again. Support Kurdistan, supported as they deserve. And then,

I think that part of Kurdistan will be safe from the incursion of ISIL

and in -- and their affiliates. Back on city Road, there are mixed views

on whether air strikes on Iraq are the right course of action. But for

many, it is there are mixed views on whether air strikes on Iraq are the

right course of action. But for many, it is their relatives others

say it is the only way to tackle I S.

A vulnerable man who was allegedly forced to work for 13 years

at a Newport farm without pay has told a court

Darrell Simester, who's 44, agreed under cross-examination that

the defendants had never done anything to keep him there, but,

he said, when his family found him, he was glad to get out.

Daniel Dooran and his son, also called Daniel, deny requiring

Mr Simester to perform forced or compulsory labour.

Researchers at Cardiff University say nearly one in seven antibiotic

treatments given out by GPs for common infections over

Their study assessed around 11 million prescriptions

Wales' Jamie Donaldson made the perfect start to

Paired with Lee Westwood, they beat their American opponents

That point has helped Europe lead overnight by 5 points to 3.

The pair will also team up for tomorrow morning's fourballs.

I think he was very fortunate to have a guy of Lee Westwood's calibre

interspersed Ryder Cup match. He was an unfortunate situation. It has

helped him relax and play well. Rugby, and in the Pro12 tonight,

the Scarlets drew 20-20 Harry Robinson scored a try after

just 36 seconds for the visitors, In Ireland, the Cardiff Blues

were beaten 37-23 at Leinster. Time for the weekend weather -

Sue is here. It is not looking too bad for the

weekend. Mostly dry with sunny spells,

It is not looking too bad for the weekend. Mostly dry with sunny

spells, some cloud around, but quite warm. If we look at the map, clear

skies for most, turning colder than last night with mist and fog. Seven

or eight Celsius for towns, cooler in the countryside, milder along the

South coast. The pressure chart shows the weather front making some

inroads tomorrow morning. But it is fairly weak. Not much activity. A

chilly start tomorrow, some mist and fog. And often cloudy morning across

Wales were some dense fog patches across the South of England. Some

drizzle from that front further West. Generally dry with quite a lot

of cloud further South. Sunny spells more likely for the North of England

and Scotland. 15 Celsius in the brisk winds. Still in the low 20s in

the South of England. A largely dry end to the day. Right spells, some

cloud, lighter winds coming from the South. 17 to 20 Celsius. Tomorrow

night, more cloud, mist and fog forming, the spot of drizzle, milder

than tonight, temperatures staying in double figures. Similar on

Sunday. Just the odd spot of rain. Most, staying dry with sunny spells,

light winds and very mild, high teens to low 20s. Not looking bad at

all as we head to the weekend. Staying largely dry and mild. Some

sunny spells, some cloud, but with temperatures three or 4 degrees

above the average late September. And that is all for now. We will be

back at 6pm tomorrow. Have a great weekend.